Hi Guys!

Just been to a double session on using videos to communicate various things to students (Frank Greig (SoC) - Supporting Students through Video Tutorials & Karen Campbell (SNMNSC) - Experience of Using Screen Capture JING for teaching and learning).

Both speakers talked about their experiences of using videos to communicate various types of messages to students adn demonstrated how they learned about and used the various technologies in the teaching. A lot more user friendly than I thought before this sessin - and a lot more innovative and positive than I first imagined.

Both talked about the potential of this type of technology to enhance their practise and student learning, however, a big issue that Edinburgh Napier seems to need to address is where, how and by whom the outcomes of these activities can be safely stored and streamed at a low cost. This is a potential barrier to the use of this technology and may put people off from using or trying to develop it - a bit of irony when people are being increasingly encourage to this type of technology.

Any thoughts? 

Couple of resources

http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/ (free)

http://www.jingproject.com/download/ (free)

http://www.etrusoft.com/ (free)

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwscreen.html (free)

http://www.jingproject.com/download/ (expensive)